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Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
Create a timeline of the major events in the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.

### Response:
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1954: Brown vs. Board of Education case overturns segregation in public schools

1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott sparks a wave of nonviolent protests

1963: The March on Washington takes place; Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech

1964: The Civil Rights Act passes, prohibiting discrimination in public places and providing the federal government with the power to enforce desegregation

1965: Voting Rights Act passes, introducing federal scrutiny of local voting laws and prohibiting racial discrimination

1968: Fair Housing Act passed, banning discrimination in real estate transactions